The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-29


| Quincy in a few days for the purpose OF
purchasing lands on which to grow tobacco.
The tobacco syndicate has a large force of
colored laborel's now employed in Gadsen
county, in embarrassing and clearing
| lands, under the direction of Messrs. Bush
nell and Shelter.
The South Florida Railroad Company,
ever alive to the interests of South Florida,
has sent 20 Cuba and obtained a large guam
tity of tobacco seed for distribution, which
can be had on application.
The offices of the land department of the
! Florida Southern Railway Company, which
We're located at Palatka, have been moved
| to Jacksonville, and are now located in the
! Hubbard building corner of Pine and For
| syth streets.
| Pierre Lorillard, of New York, has his
| dogs in training in Green Cove for active
| service this winter. Powell Jenkins, who
has the dogs in Keeping, was out with them
during the week and bagged thirty six
quails, which they spotted" to perfection.
Ten thousand more boxes of oranges have
been transferred at Gainesville from the
Florida Southern to the Savannah, Florida
and Western road than had been transferred
at this time last year. Either the crop is
! larger or shippers are marketing their fruit
earlier
Orlando Record: We regret to hear of a
rumor on the streets of an impending diff
Guilty between two of our most prominent
citizens. 1t is said that a challenge has
passed and will be accepted. We hope
friends of the parties interested will inter
fere and prevent an encounter.
Fire at Old Town, a suburb of Fernan-
dina, Tuesday night destroyed the residence
of David Crib, together with nearly all
the furniture and clothing belonging to the
family Repairs to the extent of 5000 were
in progress on the building, and as there
was no insurance the loss is quite heavy to
Mr.. Crib.
Lake City Tobacco Plant: We published
some time since an interesting illustration
of the prolific nature of small seeds, giving
as an example the crop of rice gathered by
Rev. w. NJ DAVIS from a single seed. 1t
grew in the edge of shallow pool of water
on his tastefully arranged place on Lake
DeSoto and the first croD yielded "a heads
and $500 grains. He has just gathered
the second crop, which yielded 122 heads and
$500 grains-giving 2l6 heads and 25,70O
grains as the product of single chance
grain. The grains counted are all perfect,
the faulty ones being hoated off by wash
ing.
Heth Garfield, President, and one of the
efficient managers of the St Augustine I'M
provement Company, and &. w. Atwood,
also of this company, have been very busy
the past month in organizing an Electric
Street Railway Company for the Ancient
City, to run to their suburb of Buena Els
peranza for the present, afterwards to North
City and across the st. Sebastian river to
New st. Augustine with centre at or near
the plaze. This railway will be one of the
few electric roads in this country and the
only one in the State of Florida. Over one
half of the stock of the company has been
spoken for. skeleton of the charter drawn,
and the articles of Incorporation will be
published in about one week from date.
At st. Augustine Saturday night das-
tardly attack was made on Mr.. Sullies,
confectioner on st. George street, by two
drunken negroes, which almost resulted in
a murder. Mr.. Sulles was attending to his
business when the two negroes entered his
store and began to pick quarrel with the
proprietor. One Of them, William Law
renee, became quite abusive, and finally
raised his walking cane, which by an inge-
NOUS contrivance also served as q gun, and
fired, the ball striking Mr.. Sullies near the
temple and glancing off, buried itself in
the wall. The latter drew his revolver
and, following Lawrence, fired shot at
streaming from his wound that he missed
his man. Anderson and his companion
then walked away. A policeman was close
at hand, but refused to arrest Lawrence, as
there was no warrant against him.
Gen. w. H Washington and father, of
Nashville, Tenn. dined with Dr. T. O. Sum
mers, at Jacksonville, Saturday night, in
company with some of the representatives
of old Southern society, 1t was peculiar
reunion. Gen. Walker, of military fame;
Dr. r. B. Burroughs, the grandson of the
Attorney General Berrien, of President
Jackson's Cabinet; Mrs. Simpson, of Phila-
delphia, a relative of that branch of the
Washingtonian family; Mrs. Pierce, also
related indirectly, to the line, were all
brought together in the reunion after the
manner of the old Southern hospitality.
Gen. Washington is a granddaughter of the
father of our country, and was recently
married to the niece of Secretary Lamar,
in Georgia, and is now in Florida for the
benefit of his health. On this occasion
candles and oriental lamps were used for
Illuminating purposes instead of gas.
Lawtey, Fla, correspondent Jackson
vile Times Union: have recently learned
some particulars of a large land purchase in
South Florida. 1t consists of about $4,000
acres, situated on Otter creek, near Bron-
son. Ny information was obtained from
Mr.. l.. w Sayles, of this place, himself an
old Michigan lumberman, who acted as
agent for the purchasers in visiting and
making the first report as TO the land. The
principal purchaser is Mr.. David Whitney,
of Detroit, Mich, who is several times q
millionaire, and with him are associated
Mr.. N. Durham 6; Sons. Their office will
be situated in Fernandina, and their lumber
will be shipped to that city over the Florida
Railway and Navigation line. A great
part of the timber, especially along the
creek, is black cypress, a valuable
tree for lumber, which was sought by the
| purchasers as one substitute foI
| the rapidly disappearing supplies
of white pine in the North. Some of the
trees have an immense circumference
reaching even to % or 26 feet, though the
average is about or 8. Near the creek
there is almost nothing but the cypress, the
gigantic trunks reaching up straight as ar
rows. These logs will be cut with hand
saws, and will be handled almost entirely
by steam power. A tramway will be built
out in various directions and on this will be
run out ''skidding" machine, to which is
attached long chain cable. This cable
will be dragged out into the woods and
made fast to a log, which will then be
''snaked" over the ground to the tramway,
loaded on and conveyed to the mill. Dur
ing the brief period of the year when the
| ground is flooded, logs will be hoated to the
mill, having been previously cut and made
ready for that purpose. Most of the land
was purchased for about 81 % an acre.
| The mill to be erected soon will have a
| capacity of about 900 600 feet q wear Mr.